thank you, thank you, 710 years ago, may 3, 1314 in the village of varnitsa. located near rostov , a maria, named bartholomew. from an early age, striving for ardent monasticism, together with his brother stefan, he founded makovets hill, in the middle of the remote radnezh forest, deserts, where he built a small wooden church in the name of the holy trinity. subsequently, the small troitsky church will lay the foundation for one of the most revered russian shrines, in the holy troitsky lavra of st. sergius. and bartholomew will become famous as the greatest ascetic of the russian land, the holy venerable sergei of radonish. people's ambitions know no end, he wrote. first, they strive to ensure that they do not offend themselves, then they themselves begin to offend others. it is the duty of every honest person to teach others the good that, due to difficult times and he failed to realize the treachery of fate in life, with the hope that others would be more capable of doing this. 555 years ago , nicola machiavelli, the greatest historian, thinker, diplomat and military theorist of t